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As 2012 comes to a close, Web analytics offer some idea of the topics—covered in both news and blogs—that gained the most attention on Redmond Developer News this year.
Here's a list of the top 10 articles in 2012:
Two of the top traffic getters in 2012 were actually RDN Express blogs written in 2011: .NET 4.5 and .NET 4 Won't Coexist and Expression Blend 5 Preview for HTML Only.
This blog was well represented on this list, accounting for seven of the top 10 articles this year. Thanks for your patronage and happy holidays! Express your thoughts on the top dev stories of 2012.
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Posted by Kathleen Richards on 12/18/2012 at 12:54 PM1 comments
At the end of November, Eric Lippert, a longtime Microsoft employee and the principal developer on the C# compiler team, announced that he was moving on from Microsoft. Lippert is joining Coverity to work on its static analysis tools.
Many developers were caught off guard by Lippert's departure. In particular, what it means for the future of C# and the compiler as a service project (codenamed Roslyn). Lippert had served as the visible lead of the Roslyn Project. The third Roslyn CTP, which can be used with Visual Studio 2012, was released in September.
The former MSDN Fabulous Adventures in Coding blogger is now blogging at ericlippert.com. He addressed some of the concerns in response to a reader comment on his new blog on Thursday:
"I am just one of dozens of people working on Roslyn; I'm just the most visible of them. We have heavyweight architects like Neal Gafter and Matt Warren working on this thing and a whole team of smart compiler and IDE people. I am leaving it in extremely good hands and extremely good shape."
In the same response, Lippert said:
"C# will continue to be influenced by me, just less directly. I'm hoping to maintain close ties to the C# team."
Several high profile people have left the Visual Studio and .NET teams of late, including the former head of Visual Studio, Jason Zander, who moved to the Server and Tools Business (STB) at Microsoft immediately after the Visual Studio 2012 launch in September. He is now the corporate vice president of the Windows Azure development team.
People often switch jobs but it's hard not to wonder, what these changes could mean for Visual Studio and its related frameworks. What's your take? Express your thoughts below or drop me a line at @RichardsKath.
Posted by Kathleen Richards on 12/04/2012 at 12:54 PM0 comments
News this week that Windows chief Steven Sinofsky is leaving Microsoft has caught many people by surprise and ignited speculation in the blogosphere.
Several blog posts are citing anonymous sources who point to executive clashes and politics within Microsoft, which didn't bode well for Sinofsky and the company's new strategy of Windows integration across Microsoft product lines. Others point out that it is common for Microsoft to go through re-orgs once a major product is launched.
That may be, but Sinofsky's departure signals to the public, and to Wall Street analysts, that the Windows 8 rollout, and early results for Windows 8 upgrades and systems—including Microsoft Surface RT tablets—are not what the company had hoped for.
According to a managing director at MKM Partners, who was interviewed by Steven Russolillo, author of the WSJ MarketBeat blog:
The resignation suggests there's a "high probability" that Windows 8 and the Surface tablet may not be meeting the company's early expectations, according to [Israel] Hernandez, while noting early channel checks also suggest lukewarm consumer responses to the new products.
The departure of Sinofsky may cause some developers to rejoice. He reportedly was not a proponent of .NET, and is viewed by some as largely responsible for fracturing the Windows development community.
Express your thoughts on the sudden changing of the guard at Microsoft weeks after the Windows 8 retail launch. Does this news make you more likely, or less likely to develop apps for Windows 8? Comment below. Follow me @RichardsKath.
Posted by Kathleen Richards on 11/13/2012 at 12:54 PM3 comments
Will apps surface for Microsoft's Windows 8 operating systems? That's a question many people have asked as the company releases Windows 8, its first Surface tablet, which runs a variant of Windows 8 called Windows RT, and soon Windows Phone 8, which was officially revealed on October 29 during a San Francisco launch event.
The first Surface tablet received accolades from many high profile technology pundits last week. But the steep price ($499 without the Touch Cover keyboard), two-headed operating system and lack of applications, has raised legitimate questions about the appeal and marketability of Windows 8 devices outside of early adopters.
Microsoft has a chance to alter those perceptions this week. Within days of Windows 8 general availability, the company is holding its second annual Build conference for developers at its Redmond campus in Seattle.
Unfortunately, Build attendance may be hampered by Hurricane Sandy, which is pummeling the Northeastern seaboard and commanding the 24-hour news cycle for those who still have power. (If you live in the Northeast and haven't downloaded a flashlight app, now would be a good time.)
It's a bad break for Microsoft. Build is the first time developers will be introduced to Steve Guggenheimer, Microsoft's new corporate vice president of Developer & Platform Evangelism. The highly anticipated conference, which draws people from all over the world, starts October 30. The company is expected to finally reveal the Windows Phone 8 SDK; access to date has been restricted to a limited number of developers.
What's your take on the number of apps for Microsoft's Windows 8 operating systems? Are developers on-board? Express your thoughts below or reach me @RichardsKath.
Posted by Kathleen Richards on 10/29/2012 at 12:54 PM0 comments
Windows 8 finally arrives later this month, and Microsoft needs all developers on deck to help drive the market. On Friday, the company highlighted a NuGet Windows 8 Packages feed in Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows 8 that provides a "filtered list" of packages for developing Windows Store apps.
NuGet is an open source, package management tool for the .NET Framework. It's designed to help developers navigate external dependencies and configure their apps by automatically adding, updating and removing third-party libraries and tools. Formerly, an extension, NuGet is now included in all versions of Visual Studio 2012. The Windows 8 Packages feed supports XAML and JavaScript development, according to Microsoft.
You can get the Windows 8 Packages feed in other editions of Visual Studio 2012 by following the instructions in this Visual Studio blog. The blog also offers some information on how to get your NuGet packages into the curated feed.
Are you developing Windows Store apps? What tools are you using (XAML/.NET or HTML/JavaScript)? Express your thoughts below or reach me @RichardsKath.
Posted by Kathleen Richards on 10/16/2012 at 12:54 PM2 comments
Microsoft has a lot riding on Visual Studio 2012 and .NET Framework 4.5. At the recent launch event in Seattle, I asked Microsoft Corporate Vice President S. Somasegar about some of the goals behind Visual Studio 2012.
"When we started working on Visual Studio 2012, we started thinking, what are the two, or three key themes that we want to focus on, and the three things that come to mind are the following," said Somasegar, who heads the Developer Division.
First and foremost, Visual Studio 2012 needs to support the new offerings and updates coming from Microsoft including Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows Azure, Windows Phone and Office among other technologies, according to Somasegar. "You just look at everything that we do; we have an update or a new version coming out this year," he said. "So when you have this plethora of new technologies coming, we want to make sure that we work very, very closely with the partners and development teams to have the best tools to take advantage of the latest and greatest platform features."
As a second area of focus, the Visual Studio 2012 team created tools that can help development teams collaborate effectively and deliver quality software in an application lifecycle management environment that facilitates continuous improvement.
"Sometimes, you hear this described as build, measure, learn. Sometimes, you hear it described as continuous improvement," said Somasegar."Whichever way you want to describe it; it is really a high level of agility of what you build, and more importantly, how you deliver that to your customers and how you learn from that and continuously get better at it."
The Visual Studio team also did a bunch of work to create a comfortable and productive development environment, which was a third area of focus, according to Somasegar. For example, new functionality enables developers to get back to the task at hand without losing context.
"You spend the vast majority of your time in the one place that you feel very good about," he said. "If you take that analogy and say, what is the home for the developer? I say that the home for developers is the development environment because that's where they spend 6 hours, 10 hours or 16 hours day-in and day-out. And so we want to make sure that developers, when they are staying in their home inside the development environment, have a comfortable environment."
With the release of Visual Studio 2012, Microsoft feels good about the progress that it's made towards these three goals, according to Somasegar. The Community Technology Preview of the first Visual Studio 2012 Update is expected this month. Microsoft plans to release the Visual Studio Update later this year.
Express your thoughts on Visual Studio 2012. Have you tried any tools in latest product cycle? Has Microsoft met its goals? Let us know what you think. Comment below, or reach me on twitter @RichardsKath.
Posted by Kathleen Richards on 09/25/2012 at 9:03 AM1 comments
Microsoft is officially launching Visual Studio 2012 this week by hosting a Virtual Launch event that will be available free to developers online.
The launch event is scheduled to take place at the Bell Harbor Conference Center in Seattle on Wednesday, September 12. Keynote presentations by Microsoft executives are slated to begin at 9:30 a.m. (Pacific Daylight Time).
S. Somasegar, the corporate vice president of the Microsoft Developer Division, is kicking off the three-part keynote with a look at modern apps. Jason Zander, the longtime corporate vice president of Visual Studio (who is in the process of shifting roles), will talk about using Visual Studio 2012 to build modern apps. Brian Harry, the technical fellow in charge of Team Foundation Server, is scheduled to finish up the keynote with a look at Visual Studio 2012 and Application Lifecycle Management (ALM).
The launch event will also feature numerous sessions on .NET Framework 4.5 and languages, Web and cloud platforms, ALM development/testing and, of course, Windows 8 Store apps. While the keynotes will be available live online, the sessions will likely become available on demand as soon as Microsoft is able to post them online. Check out the scheduled sessions here.
I will be at the event, so look for coverage here and on our sister site, visualstudiomagazine.com.
The Visual Studio 2012 roadshow is also in the works. Steve Lange, a developer technology specialist at Microsoft, has posted the U.S. dates and cities in his blog.
Posted by Kathleen Richards on 09/10/2012 at 12:54 PM2 comments
The release of Visual Studio 2012 and Windows 8 to developers last week "represents the rebooting of the Windows developer ecosystem," says Chris Sells, vice president of Telerik's Developer Tools division.
A lot of innovations, especially in the consumer space, have happened on other platforms, acknowledges Sells, who used to work at Microsoft. "For a long time Microsoft has been busy taking the best ideas from all of its competitors' products and either building them into the operating system or building competing products," he says. "With Windows 8, Microsoft has blended the best of the tablet interface with the desktop interface into something unique to the market."
In conjunction with Microsoft's release, Telerik has updated its .NET tooling to support Visual Studio 2012. The company offers RadControls for desktop, Web and mobile development. Earlier this year, Telerik introduced the Kendo UI framework. The .NET portfolio also includes Visual Studio plug-ins: JustCode, JustDecompile, JustMock and JustTrace. All of the tools remain compatible with earlier versions of the IDE and .NET Framework, according to the company.
Telerik has also built support for Windows 8 into many of its tools, according to Sells, by adding new project types, for example. The second beta of Telerik's Windows 8 UI Controls, updated to support the final version of Visual Studio 2012, was released last week.
The company previewed the Windows 8 UI Controls at TechEd in June and made the preview available to developers who signed up for the company's Windows 8 Dev Club. An open beta was released in July. The final version is expected to ship in late October when Microsoft officially releases Windows 8 and Windows RT on devices.
The Windows Store, designed to sell Windows Metro-style apps, offers a chance for independent Windows developers and smaller shops to innovate on the Windows platform--and get noticed. Expected run rates, even if Windows 8 is only half as popular as Windows 7, could near 300 million installations, says Sells. "All of them will have the Windows Store front and center on the Start Screen."
Are you developing apps for the Windows Store? Express your thoughts below, or reach me on twitter @RichardsKath.
Posted by Kathleen Richards on 08/24/2012 at 12:54 PM0 comments
Microsoft is slated to release Visual Studio 2012 and .NET Framework 4.5 on Wednesday, providing developers with the final tools for building Windows 8 applications. The tooling comes roughly two months prior to October 26, the general availability date of the Windows 8 operating system, according to Microsoft.
The company is altering its standard procedure of first dibs for MSDN subscribers and instead, making the Visual Studio 2012 tooling available to all developers on August 15. MSDN subscribers will, however, gain access to the Windows 8 RTM on Wednesday.
Windows 8, which was released to manufacturing at the beginning of August, will be available so that MSDN developers can build and finalize applications. (That does not include Windows RT, the version of Windows 8 for ARM-based tablets, according to Microsoft.) The company is also planning to release the Windows 8 RTM to TechNet subscribers on Wednesday so that IT professionals can begin testing the new operating system.
On tap for general release tomorrow are the final versions of Visual Studio 2012, .NET Framework 4.5, Visual Studio 2012 Team Foundation Server and the Visual Studio 2012 Software Developer Kit. The free Visual Studio Express 2012 tools for Windows 8 (metro-style apps) and the Web will also be available.
The free Express tools for Windows Desktop (originally dropped from the lineup and added after developers balked) and Windows Phone are expected later this fall, according to Microsoft Corporate Vice President S. Somasegar, who heads the Developer Division.
Visual Studio 2012 supports Office 2013 and Windows Phone 8 development but the tooling for the upcoming Office and the Windows Phone platforms is not part of the August 15th downloads, according to Jason Zander, Microsoft corporate vice president of the Visual Studio team. A preview of the Microsoft Office Developer Tools for Visual Studio 2012 was released last month when the company officially introduced Office 2013 along with the new Cloud App Model for extensibility across client applications and the Web in Office and SharePoint 2013.
Microsoft is also promoting a Visual Studio 2012 Virtual Launch Event that will be streamed live for developers worldwide. Somasegar and Zander are hosting the event. It's scheduled for September 12; the same day that Apple is rumored to be launching iPhone 5 and other products.
It's important to note that Visual Studio 2012 requires .NET 4.5, which is an in-place upgrade. Some developers are reporting potential issues with "Targeting .NET 4" and bug fixes in .NET 4.5 that could cause problems in applications that run on Windows XP, for example.
Are you developing for Windows 8? Express your thoughts on the release of Visual Studio 2012 and app development for Windows RT and other Microsoft platforms. Comment below or reach me on twitter @RichardsKath.
Posted by Kathleen Richards on 08/14/2012 at 12:54 PM70 comments
Visual Studio 2012 is expected to release sometime during the first week of August. It could come as early as Friday.
That means that Entity Framework 5, the latest version of Microsoft's object-relational mapping tool is also ready to debut because it's used in Visual Studio 2012. The EF Designer, for example, ships in Visual Studio.
On July 19th, Microsoft released the source code to the Entity Framework under the Apache 2.0 license. The open source Entity Framework, which is considered Entity Framework 6, is hosted in a Git repository on CodePlex. For now, it contains the EF runtime and power tools. You can obtain the NuGet packages and then build the code from Visual Studio. (Since Entity Framework 4.2 and 4.3, the EF releases have been available via the NuGet Gallery only.)
In the ADO.NET blog, the Entity Framework team indicated that the same number of internal developers and resources are still devoted to the framework:
Microsoft will continue to ship official builds of Entity Framework as a fully supported Microsoft product both standalone as well as part of Visual Studio (the same as today). It will continue to be staffed by the same Microsoft developers that build it today, and will be supported through the same Microsoft support mechanisms. Our goal with today's announcement is to increase the development feedback loop even more, allowing us to deliver an even better product.
Microsoft will continue to ship official builds of Entity Framework as a fully supported Microsoft product both standalone as well as part of Visual Studio (the same as today). It will continue to be staffed by the same Microsoft developers that build it today, and will be supported through the same Microsoft support mechanisms. Our goal with today's announcement is to increase the development feedback loop even more, allowing us to deliver an even better product.
One of the beefs about Entity Framework is its lack of extensibility; that may change now that Microsoft has open sourced the code. In addition, the Entity Framework team is in the process of separating the framework from .NET, which is a major challenge. Entity Framework 5 requires .NET Framework 4.5. Developers targeting .NET 4 may still benefit from the bug fixes in the Entity Framework 5, however.
Microsoft's Rowan Miller explained it this way in response to a developer's question:
EF5 requires .NET 4.5 for enums because the parts of EF that needed updating were still in the .NET Framework. In the open source code base (and therefore EF6) the required components are now part of the NuGet package. The code base currently only compiles against .NET 4.5, BUT we are going to enable .NET 4 compilation, so in EF6 you will get enum support on .NET 4.
EF5 requires .NET 4.5 for enums because the parts of EF that needed updating were still in the .NET Framework. In the open source code base (and therefore EF6) the required components are now part of the NuGet package. The code base currently only compiles against .NET 4.5, BUT we are going to enable .NET 4 compilation, so in EF6 you will get enum support on .NET 4.
That means that the projects in the open source Entity Framework (EF6) are only compatible with Visual Studio 2012 and .NET Framework 4.5. The E6 roadmap, which is available on CodePlex, includes support for .NET 4.5 async; mapping to database functions and code procedures with Code First APIs; and support for custom Code First conventions.
On June 28th, Telerik announced that its OpenAccess ORM for .NET was free for SQL Server and other supported databases. The company plans to continue releasing the framework and providing support through its Premium and Ultimate Collections.
Express your thoughts on Microsoft's move to open source Entity Framework 6 in the wake of .NET Framework 4.5, Visual Studio 2012 and Windows 8. Comment below or reach me on twitter @RichardsKath.
Posted by Kathleen Richards on 07/31/2012 at 12:54 PM0 comments
Microsoft has released the first preview of a LightSwitch HTML Client for Visual Studio 2012. The announcement was made on Tuesday during a Tech Ed Europe 2012 keynote given by Jason Zander, the Microsoft corporate vice president in charge of Visual Studio.
LightSwitch is a template-driven development environment aimed at line of business apps. The current client is based on Microsoft Silverlight technology.
Joe Binder, the senior program manager for LightSwitch, explained the thinking behind the HTML client in a Visual Studio LightSwitch Team blog earlier this month:
The existing Silverlight client and upcoming HTML-based client are complementary offerings—the Silverlight client will remain the go-to choice for building rich desktop applications; the user experience focus for the HTML client will be touch-first and optimized for mobile devices. As a companion to the desktop client, the HTML client will be best-suited for browsing data that is created and managed using the Silverlight desktop client.
Developers can use the Silverlight and HTML clients side by side in the same projects, according to Binder. They can also add HTML clients to existing projects.
The HTML client is designed for mobile applications, and Microsoft does not currently plan to target the desktop, commented Binder, in response to a developer's question in the Microsoft forum. He explained Microsoft's vision for the HTML client as follows :
Win8 slates, iPad, Android, et al tablets are devices that our HTML clients are built and tested for. It's intentional that the devices that don't allow plug-ins are the devices that the HTML client targets. We continue to see an upwelling of tablets in the business space as an alternative to traditional desktop devices, and we wanted to capture that emerging trend before considering an offering that would overlap with our existing Silverlight client.
Despite those assertions, the future of Microsoft's popular Silverlight technology remains in question as the company continues to shift its focus with the Windows 8 wave of technology. Last week, Microsoft announced its plans to build Surface tablets, along with a development shift to Windows 8 for its upcoming Windows Phone 8, expected this fall. Windows Phone 7.5 is currently based on Silverlight for Windows Phone.
The LightSwitch HTML Client Preview for Visual Studio 2012 is available today to MSDN subscribers. General availability is slated for Thursday, June 28. The preview is a separate download from the Visual Studio 2012 Release Candidate, which was made available on May 31.
An architectural overview of what's in the HTML client stack, including the differences between the Silverlight and HTML dev models, is provided in a blog written by Stephen Provine, a senior developer on the LightSwitch team. The HTML client uses jQuery Mobile, datajs to access OData services and a subset of the WinJS library, among other changes.
Are you using Visual Studio LightSwitch? Express your thoughts on the LightSwitch HTML Client for mobile devices. Should Microsoft expand the technology to the desktop? Comment below or reach me on twitter @RichardsKath.
Posted by Kathleen Richards on 06/26/2012 at 12:54 PM5 comments
When Microsoft first announced the final Visual Studio 2012 lineup on May 18, the free Express tools no longer targeted the Windows desktop.
Many developers questioned the move, and its implications for the future of the traditional Windows desktop, including several readers of this blog.
Microsoft has heard developers' objections and changed its strategy. On Friday, the company announced that Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop has been added to the product lineup. The move removes potential barriers for students, hobbyists--and many open source projects--that rely on the free tools.
"As we've worked to deliver the best experience with Visual Studio for our platforms with Windows 8, Windows Phone, and for Web and Windows Azure, we heard from our community that developers want to have for Windows desktop development the same great experience and access to the latest Visual Studio 2012 features at the Express level," explained S. Somasegar, corporate vice president of the Developer Division, in his blog about the announcement.
Traditionally, Express tools have not supported Visual Studio extensions. With the addition of Express for Windows Desktop, Windows developers can, however, take advantage of the latest functionality in the Express 2012 tooling, according to Somasegar. "Developers will also get access to new advances available across the Express family in Visual Studio 2012, such as the latest compilers and programming language tools, integrated unit testing, and the ability for small development teams to collaborate via Team Explorer and TFS Express," he said. The free desktop tooling for C#, Visual Basic and C++ development is expected sometime this fall.
Microsoft is also addressing concerns about the future of Windows desktop development in the wake of Windows 8 and the transition to new Metro-style apps.
"Desktop development has always been a core part of Windows," said Somasegar in his blog on Friday. "With Visual Studio 2012, we continue to extend those desktop development capabilities and provide a great development experience for developers building desktop applications."
Express your thoughts on Visual Studio Express 2012 for Windows Desktop and the company's evolving Windows strategy. Are you still betting on the desktop or looking at Metro-style development? Comment below or reach me on twitter @RichardsKath.
Posted by Kathleen Richards on 06/12/2012 at 12:54 PM6 comments
Microsoft announced its upcoming Visual Studio 11 lineup on Friday, and the free Express IDEs highlighted key changes in the company's strategy. Microsoft is moving away from the lightweight language-based IDEs, which debuted with Visual Studio 2005, towards free platform-centric tooling (Windows 8 Metro, Windows Phone and Windows Azure) with multiple language support.
While these moves may seem obvious in the wake of Visual Studio 2010 Express for Windows Phone, Visual Web Developer 2010 Express (works with Azure SDK) and the Visual Studio 11 Express Beta for Windows 8 Metro-style apps—the bottom line is the free Express tools no longer target the desktop. Windows desktop app developers who want the latest tooling must purchase Visual Studio 11 Professional ($499 without an MSDN subscription) or higher.
You can still download and use the language editions of Visual Studio 2010 Express (Visual C#, Visual Basic, Visual C++) free of charge, according to Microsoft, but these IDEs target .NET 4 and Windows 7. Some apps may not be compatible with .NET 4.5, which is an in-place upgrade. Everything should work on Windows 8, however.
"VS Express 2010 does run on Windows 8," according to a Microsoft spokesman. "Apps created with VS Express 2010 run on Windows 8." (This is a correction provided by Microsoft. I indicated in my original blog that Visual Studio Express 2010 apps may not run on Windows 8.)
As a professional developer, why should the evolution of Microsoft's lightweight Express tools, reportedly aimed at hobbyists and students, matter to you? The company wants to populate the Windows Store and Windows Phone Marketplace, and perhaps free tools can help, especially when these markets remain unproven. Moreover, several unsubstantiated reports point to the Windows Runtime (WinRT) as the future development framework for Windows and Windows Phone.
Express your thoughts on the Visual Studio 11 Express lineup. Are Microsoft's attempts to offer free tooling for emerging platforms the right move? Or a sign that the traditional Windows desktop is indeed a legacy platform as the company looks to the future? Comment below, or reach me on twitter @RichardsKath.
Posted by Kathleen Richards on 05/22/2012 at 12:54 PM6 comments
Microsoft has updated the Visual Studio 11 user interface in response to the backlash the company received from beta testers. Developers found fault with the new Metro styling that appeared without warning in the February preview.
The monochromatic UI changes caught many developers off guard, especially since Visual Studio 2010 had just gotten a facelift based on the IDE's migration to managed code with the use of Windows Presentation Foundation.
Microsoft asked for beta feedback, and developers, who were unhappy with the changes in Visual Studio 11, expressed their disapproval and, in some cases, outrage on blogs (including this one) and Microsoft forums. By mid-March, Jason Zander, the corporate vice president of Visual Studio, indicated in his blog that the Visual Studio 11 beta would not reflect the final look and feel of the IDE.
The UI updates, which will appear in the Visual Studio 11 Release Candidate, according to Microsoft, were highlighted in a Visual Studio blog, authored by Monty Hammontree, director of user experience for the Developer Tools Division, on Tuesday. Microsoft has not announced a release date for the Visual Studio 11 RC, but it's likely to drop around the same time as the next Windows 8 preview, which the company has indicated is slated for the first week of June.
In response to developer feedback, Microsoft is reintroducing some color into the Visual Studio 11 interface, limiting the use of all caps that appeared in tool windows, and offering a lighter theme (less gray). At this point, the VS 2010 theme, which many people have requested, is still not an option.
Developers who responded to Hammontree's post on Tuesday, by and large, expressed approval of the changes (shown in the Visual Studio blog via screenshots) and thanked Microsoft for responding to their feedback. Some Visual Studio developers indicated that the Metro look of Visual Studio 11 is a mistake on Microsoft's part because the IDE is a desktop app for professional developers. Others applauded the Metro styling, and welcomed the immersive direction in which Microsoft is clearly headed.
The use of capitalization in menus still appears to be a sticking point that got some pushback in the comments section. "A considerable improvement over the Beta--good job and thanks for listening!" said Matt Ring. "I would agree with several who disagree with the use of ALL CAPS in the Menu system. It definitely is reminiscent of the mainframe."
Another developer, who called himself Cappy, worried about the use of color in icons which, based on the screenshots, still looks somewhat limited:
"[W]ho will be the holder of the sacred knowledge of what gets colored icons and what does not? What about add-ins? What governs their icon? I think you're asking for a lot of inconsistencies down the road. Just swallow your pride and bring back color to all of the icons. You were wrong, now just accept it."
"[W]ho will be the holder of the sacred knowledge of what gets colored icons and what does not? What about add-ins? What governs their icon? I think you're asking for a lot of inconsistencies down the road. Just swallow your pride and bring back color to all of the icons. You were wrong, now just accept it."
Express your thoughts on the UI changes in the Visual Studio 11 Release Candidate. Has Microsoft achieved a good balance of Metro styling without hindering usability? Reach me at firstname.lastname@example.com or on twitter @RichardsKath.
Posted by Kathleen Richards on 05/08/2012 at 12:54 PM4 comments
On Monday, the President of Windows and Windows Live, Steven Sinofsky, announced that Microsoft is planning to offer another pre-release of Windows 8 during the first week of June.
A pic of the announcement appeared on the @BuildWindows8 twitter feed, but the company did not share much more than that.
The Windows 8 Release Preview was announced at Microsoft's Windows 8 Developer Days conference in Japan, an event attended by roughly 2,000 people, according to the company. It is expected to contain more device drivers, and some major fixes, among other enhancements, but Microsoft hasn't confirmed those reports. It will be free to the public for download.
The Release Preview follows the Consumer Preview, which was available at the end of February, and the Developer Preview, which was released at the BUILD conference last September. Microsoft said this week that the number of downloads for the Consumer Preview is double that of pre-release versions of Windows 7.
The final release date of Windows 8 is expected in October, but the company has not announced an official release date. That timeframe may be ambitious considering the new Windows 8 Metro paradigm for tablets and related software.
The company offered a Release Candidate of Windows 7 in May 2009, released Windows 7 to manufacturing in July and delivered it to retail in late October. Microsoft is already behind that schedule, which could jeopardize the timeframe required to target holiday shoppers.
However, the company has indicated that devices with the new operating system will be out before the end of the year. With so much riding on Windows 8, it's hard to believe Microsoft would miss that date.
Express your thoughts on the Windows 8 previews. Is Microsoft on track to deliver the final version of Windows 8 in time for the holiday sales period, based on what you've seen so far? Reach me at firstname.lastname@example.com or on twitter @RichardsKath.
Posted by Kathleen Richards on 04/24/2012 at 12:54 PM10 comments
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Cute packaging and it smells wonderful. The scent really lasts on the skin and it actually serves it's purpose as a moisturizer. Not a big victoria secret fan but I think it's worth the price. Good formula and great scent!
I have been wearing this since high school. I will never get rid of it. It's more of a spring/ summer scent, as its supper sweet, but it's my signature playful everyday scent. I have always received TONS of compliments on it. Everyone says I smell like cotton candy. I can see why some would think its too sweet, but I love candy/ food fragrances.
The lotion is my favorite as it lasts all day, plus some. I use the body mist in addition, but I could honestly just do with the lotion. Plus it's gentle on my sensitive skin ( who would have thought...) and super moisturizing.
This is my favorite body mist. I use it every morning before school or work so I smell delicious and every night before bed to help me relax. It's like a big, happy cloud of cotton candy and marshmallows.
I love this product yet hate it at the same time. This is definitely a winter scent for me because it is warm. You have to be careful not to use to much or else it will be extremely overwhelming. The scent is very strong and can be heavy at times. It is very sweet so I wouldn't recommend it to those who don't prefer that type of smell.
This is just too sweet for my taste. If you love that sort of thing this may be for you. It is remarkably similar to Pink Sugar but softer and more delicate. I just find that I get a bit of a headache when I wear this and get tired of smelling this very soon after spraying it. I probably would have loved this when I was a teenager though. Not for me but if you love very sweet scents you may love this.
to all the people saying this is just "another typical gourmand scent" it's not! this stuff is delicious, feminine. lovable, warm and cozy scent. it's exactly what the name suggests and more!
-if aquolina pink sugar was too much for you and too sticky or heavy, i promise you will like this warm and cozy body mist! it has everything that Pink Sugar is lacking but keeps that girly, fun, sweetness that we love.
-it's notes are toasted vanilla and peony. the toasted vanilla gives the scent a delicious marshmallow like scent. it's sweet but not too heavy or anything that would give you a headache. the peony gives it a feminine quality and balances out the sweetness, it keeps it from being to sickly and makes it a little fresh and not too strong.
-you can wear it anytime of year! not too heavy for summer, not to light for winter it's perfect for anytime! night or day as well.
- i would also say it's like a sister to Britney Spears Fantasy and distant cousin to Vera Wang Princess.
-I have the full size and mini size during a 2/$25 sale which was a steal! the mini one is perfect to take with me in my purse instead of lugging a big bottle around. the price is a little more expensive than your typical body spray but i also believe that the quality of this is better.
-the lasting power is amazing! lasts all day long on my clothes and almost all day on my skin. i don't ever have to spray it a million times during the day to keep it going, it sticks with me no matter what.
-definitely worth checking out! even if you don't like this scent in particular they have lots of others to chose from that might appeal to you. the whole PINK body mist line is wonderful.
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This stuff reminds me of a baby's butt dipped in cotton candy. It's not that great and lasts about a half a minute (Thank God) Maybe I'm too old? And NO, I do not wear White Diamonds lol gross!!!! I received this as a gift and left it on my desk at work for others to use....I quickly took it and threw it in a drawer as everyone and their momma would stop by to spritz it on. Don't ever leave it out in public unless you want a cloud of cotton candied baby ass surrounding you all day lol ugh!
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I love this perfume so much. It really does have a nice scent that yells warm and cozy. I absolutely love the scent of this. And I will repurchase this.
This is one of my favorite body sprays! It is one of the most captivating scents I have ever used. It is extremely potent and long lasting - especially for a body spray. This scent almost reminds me of being by a fireplace having hot chocolate lol - as for the cozy aspect, anyways. But there are also fruity scents in it that make it refreshing and perfect for summer. All in all this is a staple in my collection.


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Fri-Sat, hot laps at 6, racing at 6:30. Pits open at 11am Friday and Saturday. Feature is 30 laps Friday, 40 laps Saturday. No age limit on pits.
Adults $12 Kids 7-12: $5 and 6 and under are free.
Pit Passes both days are $30
Promoter McDaniel, POWRi Micros bring prestigious 66 Mike Phlllips Memorial to Belle-Clair for 3rd running, 100 entries expected
BELLEVILLE, Ill. (July 16, 2013)—The National Speed Sport News 66 Mike Phillips Memorial, widely regarded as the USA's premier Micro Sprint event, moves to Belle-Clair Speedway on Friday (July 19) and Saturday for its third running with an expected 100 entries competing for a $10,000 first-place purse, the largest in the nation this year.
"It may be only its third year, but the 66 Mike Phillips is definitely the biggest race of the year," 2012 winner Chris Andrews said. "The purse ($37,500 total) has a lot to do with it and, for sure, it's a treasured trophy. It's very prestigious to win."
The NSSN 66 Mike Phillips will be the 10th and 11th events of the POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series, which has teamed with promoter Brad McDaniel to launch the event the past two years at Southern Illinois Raceway in Marion. There were 113 entries for both days in 2011 and an average of 102 for three days in 2012. Drivers from 15 states competed last year.
"It's the best of the best," Andrews said. "Other than the drivers from California and the Western states, everybody is there. There are 10 who can win it on any single night."
Andrews went undefeated in the 66 Mike Phillips last year, winning his heat, qualifying race and the opening-night feature to advance to the final. The 28-year-old from Tulsa, Okla., won the dash among the eight cars locked into the feature to start on the pole and led 38 of 40 laps in the feature.
"It's the biggest win of my life," Andrews said.
Andrews expects to be in the hunt in his Yamaha-powered Sawyer this year, too.
"We've got some good momentum off last year and we've done pretty good this year," he said. "I've run one race at Belle-Clair, a couple of years ago, finished fourth and I like it. I think it's a fun race track. I like to run the inside and the concrete wall down there at Belle-Clair makes it more difficult, but I can go up top if I have to."
Andrews won the 600cc Outlaw Micro non-wing class in the highly competitive Tulsa Shootout in late December.
"I've won in the Shootout twice," he said. "Brad's (McDaniel) race is harder to win than the Shootout. There are 900 entries at the Shootout, but they're spread over eight classes. In the Sixty-six, everybody is racing in one class.
"We'll have Joe B. Miller, Dereck King, Scott Sawyer, Travis Senter, Cale Thomas, Nathan Benson, Andrew Felker and Andrew Peters. I should be up there racing with them."
Felker has been focusing on Midgets this season. The 20-year-old from Carl Junction, Mo., leads POWRi's Lucas Oil National Midget Series and is also a top contender for the championships in Badger Midgets and the Honda USAC National Dirt Midgets this season. He was the POWRi National champion in 2012.
Felker also has 14 feature wins in POWRi Micros and all his attention will be on the Phillips 66.
"This is a huge event for Micros in the country," Felker said. "It's definitely very special because it's only one class. Everybody wants to win it. Belle-Clair is my favorite Micro track and we've won races and had success there."
Felker finished fourth in 2011 and fifth in 2012 the 66 Mike Phillips' grand finale.
Miller was champion of POWRi's Micros and 10th in the 66 a year ago. He's running a partial season in the Micros, Midgets and Sprint cars this year, but has feature victories in both his Micro starts at Belle-Clair. The 22-year-old from Millersville, Mo., used them as trial runs for the 66.
King of Goreville, Ill., has two POWRi Micro wins this season to stretch his all-time leading total to 22. He's a three-time POWRi Micro champion and finished fourth 2011 and fifth in 2012 in the 66.
Sawyer of Broken Arrow, Okla., is an accomplished, veteran driver who was third in 2011 and second in 2012 in the 66.
Senter of Osceola, Ark., is also a veteran, a winner of multiple major races. He finished 11th in 2011 in the 66.
The 15-year-old Thomas of Fairland, Ind., is the POWRi points leader and has two victories this season including one at Belle-Clair.
"Getting the second win is really good," Thomas said. "It makes us more confident for the Phillips."
Thomas won a $5,000 to win non-sanctioned feature and added $500 for his win in the preliminary feature the HighBanks Hustle at Southern Illinois Raceway last weekend. It had 63 entries including Benson, who has two POWRi wins this season and is second in the championship.
It's also possible for a driver to have a breakthrough victory in the 66. Chris Bell of Norman, Okla., won the 2011 Phillips and it became a springboard for his career. He's won in POWRi and USAC National Midgets and Sprint cars this year and is in demand by car owners. Bell isn't entered in the 66 this year.
The 66 Mike Phillips Memorial was started by McDaniel of Carbondale, Ill., to honor his close friend and car owner who passed away in 2010. The 2011 race was McDaniel's first promotion. He decided to move it from SIR's one-eighth mile track to Belle-Clair's one-fifth for personal and professional reasons.
"Belle-Clair was always one of Mikey's favorite tracks ever," McDaniel said. "He used to love going up there, wouldn't miss it for the world. I always wanted and envisioned this race being there, but in earlier years, it was going to be hard to make it happen. POWRi's (co-founder) Kenny Brown has been a huge help in making this possible and I can't thank him or show my appreciation enough.
"Southern Illinois Raceway is an awesome track that hosts some amazing racing, but I was having problems overgrowing the facility in all aspects--pits, grandstands, etcetera. And as great as the racing is, the track is narrow and often harder to pass on. The great thing about Belle-Clair is it's not much bigger around, but it's incredibly wide and puts up a slick, phenomenal race surface perfect for this race as well as micro sprints in general. There's no better venue I can think of for The NSSN 66 and I am excited to see where this takes me as well as what this allows me to do with it in the future."
POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series top-10 points standings (after nine of 20 events): 1. Cale Thomas 1,440, 2. Nathan Benson 1,290, 3. Jeremy Camp 1,180, 4. Jake Neuman 1,065, 5. Dereck King 1,010, 6. Aaron Andruskevitch 940, 7. Jason Harms 860, 8. Joe B. Miller 860, 9. Max Pozsgai 750, 10. Kyle Schuett 660.
POWRi Speedway Motors 600cc Outlaw Micro Series feature winners: Jacksonville, Ill.—Dereck King; Belleville, Ill.—Joe B. Miller; Macon, Ill.—Dereck King; Jacksonville, Ill.—Mike Dicely; Lincoln, Ill.—Nathan Benson; Macon, Ill.—Cale Thomas; Bloomington, Ind.—Nathan Benson; Belleville, Ill.—Joe B. Miller; Belleville, Ill.—Cale Thomas.
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Warner Nickerson '05 scores in
World Cup GS (ahead of Bode)
Dec. 6
A student anthropology project on
the experience of immigrants in Maine evolved into an award-winning
museum project.
Dec. 3
Excellent "Mainebiz" profile of
Thomas Cox '66. He shut down
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Dan Vassallo '07 - WINS - Philadelphia
Marathon, with 23,000 full- and
half-marathon runners behind him.
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Nov. 23
LensPic: Molly Muller '11 saw
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Can any other college boast about a resident moose?
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Professor Lisa Arellano lectures
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Camilo Villegas, July/August 2006
Dear Marvin,
Many of the recent letters to the editor address the topic of smoking bans in various cities. As a resident of the Chicago area, I can relate. Smoking has been banned in many bars and restaurants. In some municipalities, it's even been banned outdoors. I say the bans don't go far enough. The most dangerous substance in a bar is not the smoke, it's the liquor. Liquor can kill you right now, not 40 years from now. Let's ban all drinking, smoking and while we're at it, let's ban sex. I'm old enough to remember when a liberal was someone who thought it was OK to "do your own thing." How times have changed!
Michael Maenza
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Dear Marvin,
I'm tired of the whining about the way smokers' rights are being trampled. Whining loses; action wins. This country was founded by people who refused to allow their rights to be trampled. Smokers should also act.
The great fear when antismoking legislation was being proposed was that smokers would no longer patronize establishments such as restaurants and that business would suffer. That suffering never materialized. Smokers just went along with the legislation and continued to spend their money at those establishments. That's why they lost their rights; they allowed them to be taken away. Letters and comments in your periodical are, frankly, meaningless. Only money talks.
The most logical solution is to allow businesses to make their own choice and let the free market determine how many smoking/nonsmoking establishments there are. Smokers and antismokers alike would be free to patronize businesses of their choice. Similarly, employees would be free to accept employment in the workplace of their choice.
Of course, this was the way it was before the antismoking forces gained control. Businesses were certainly free to prohibit smoking. In general, they didn't. This forced the antismokers to seek a legislative deterrent, framing their legislation as a health issue for the workers. Who could argue that they wanted to endanger someone else's heath? But no one was forced to work in an establishment that allowed smoking.
Money is a stronger motivator in this country than guns, ballots or morality. When Colorado and California became the first states to legalize abortion, other states soon followed. Why? Did they suddenly believe abortion was a valid moral decision? Hardly. They recognized that money could be made. When New Jersey legalized casino gambling, other states soon followed. Why? Did they suddenly believe gambling was a valid moral decision? Hardly. They recognized that New Jersey was making money from gambling.
If enough smokers would stay home, invite friends over, and just enjoy smoking in their own homes,
meanwhile giving a clear message that they are not going anywhere they don't have to if they are
not allowed to smoke, something would be done quickly. Alternatively, they could start forming and
joining private clubs where smoking was allowed and use economic pressure to protect their rights.
Gary Oberst
Norwalk, Connecticut
Dear Marvin,
I can't believe you are trying to promote cigar smoking where you can't. It's hardly possible that Chicago's top restaurants will still show up when you cannot smoke there. I have been to the Big Smoke eight times, but with the rules as they are I will not go again. Last year was less than 26 cigars and the sizes were smaller. Food will definitely be less this year, and why would the liquor merchants be there? Good luck on a crowd, and while you are there in Chicago, you can thank the idiot Alderman and Alderwhiners for destroying the greatest cigar town in the country.
Gary Deuling
Chicago, Illinois


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text: Legislators Oppose EPA's Clean Water Act Rulemaking Legislators suggest EPA's rulemaking could expand CWA legislation to include ponds and other small bodies of water Published on: Nov 19, 2013 Tweet Post to Your Wall. Email Story RSS Permalink Print Three legislators Friday submitted a letter to the White House asking the Administration to halt the Environmental Protection Agency's rulemaking in the Office of Budget and Management that would expand Clean Water Act jurisdiction. The lawmakers, Sen. David Vitter R-La., Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., and Rep. Spencer Bachus, R-Ala., are asking OMB to send it back until a connectivity report that EPA claims will justify the rule has been fully reviewed and is given legitimate time for public input and scrutiny. "If EPA moves forward with this draft rule, as they have already committed to, the property rights of millions of Americans would be at stake," said Vitter. He explained that expanded jurisdiction could become a "federal takeover" of all waters in the U.S.Legislators suggest EPA's rulemaking could expand CWA legislation to include ponds and other small bodies of water "That includes your and your neighbor's pond in the backyard," he said. Similar arguments have been filed by agricultural and livestock organizations, which protest the rulemaking on comparable grounds. Previous rulemaking has failed Multiple attempts by the EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to expand their CWA jurisdiction have been struck down by the Supreme Court of the United States, legislators argued, as have multiple attempts to similarly redefine the CWA's jurisdiction in Congress. "It is troubling to see EPA avoiding the scientific review process on their Connectivity report while redefining this major issue, especially after all the promises we've heard from the Agency about increasing transparency and aspiring to use the best available science," Vitter said. Vitter and the lawmakers argue that the EPA's Connectivity report, which ties every body of water in the U.S. together, has not received public scrutiny, and the EPA has not allowed the Science Advisory Board to complete a critical peer review of the report. They also note that EPA's commitment to the Connectivity report contradicts OMB and EPA peer review guidelines, and suggest that the CWA rulemaking is proceeding anyway. Vitter is Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, while Goodlatte is Chairman of the House Committee on the Judiciary, and Bachus is Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law. Click here to read the letter.


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Former world champ Greg Herbold says to grow the sport of freeriding, kick-ass parks like New Jersey's Diablo have to be more accessible to beginners
By Greg "H-Ball" Herbold
If we want to grow the sport of downhill and freeride mountain biking, we have to start thinking about riders who aren't the sickest kids in the park. Hear me out.
I was fortunate enough to get to roost at the Diablo MTB park at Mountain Creek resort last weekend, while catching the US Open Downhill event. The mountain itself is pretty cool, with loads of natural terrain, most of it rocky, mixed in with the usual "snowboard biking" features like ladder bridges and drops, wall rides, and hand-made jumps and berms of all sizes. All the stunts are well built. The lift is pretty cool in that it is "self serve" and gets you to the top quickly. (Except, that is, for a few times when the stand-up lift quit for some reason.)
Mountain Creek is your typical small ski area trying to be bigger. Everywhere, new construction is mixed in with old buildings and equipment. Owned by the mega-ski-resort-Death-Star of Intrawest (the same company that owns Whistler and many other huge resorts), it seemed to be a bit of a black sheep stepchild of the company. Don't get me wrong, the best thing Mountain Creek has going for it is being owned by Intrawest, but it also has to compete for more funding with many other venues. The huge new hotel is nice, but the rest of the place is a bit slow to catch up.
After I announced the Jeff Lenosky-Toyota-SRAM trials show for 70 or so spectators, a nice man in a Porsche Owners Polo shirt approached me (apparently thinking I was important or something…I did inform him I was with SRAM and a Vintage World Champ). He asked me how things were going here at the event and mountain, as he owned a nice condo and was wondering what it would take to get the attention of Intrawest to plow more money into the resort. I could tell by the look of his kids that they were very clean and for sure NOT bikers, although they had a good pile of MTB swag from the Lenosky Demo. He said that they had taken the lift up and walked down the course and confirmed that the riders were indeed CRAZY. It got me thinking about the whole DH scene, and this place in particular.
The trail system at Diablo is challenging, no doubt about that. It also works well for downhill racing, and there is a really good (and I must say very polite) group of core racers that race and ride there on a regular basis. They even have a shuttle that will take you from New York City to Diablo and back (with lift ticket for $75)! It was cool to see different groups or gangs riding together, both young and old, and man they were having fun.
The thing that I noticed was that everyone was a pretty good rider, and most had nice equipment. Here's the problem: the hill's missing easy trails and routes for beginning gravity riders and children. We need the cross country, road, bmx, motorcyclist, skiers, snowboarders and kids to be able to give this sport a try. Many of these people have careers and responsibilities. Toss them into the jaws of Diablo, and I can tell you that many will be intimidated, possibly injured and may not give it a second chance. The beginner pays the same lift ticket price as the pro. That money is needed to keep these MTB parks open in the summer. And, hey, let's face it, beginner trails keep the beginners off the gnarly stuff!
Make easy, well-marked trails and you essentially broaden your target market exponentially. There are a lot more beginners out there than experts.
The bike companies have done a good job of trying to lower the "cost of entry" into the resort-sport bikes. While most people roll around on $5,000 rigs at Diablo, you can get a decent performing free-ride bike for about half that price. For many existing cyclists, paying $5,000 for a second or third bike is out of the question, but a single speed or wagon wheel bike (29er) is more versatile and less expensive. Rockshox makes a perfect fork for Diablo called a Domain with super-smooth action, while also being strong, easy to set-up and low maintenance, as well as being cheap. Someone looking to get into park riding can get 7 inches of travel for 565 clams. That is half the price of a Totem, and a third of the price of a BoXXer World cup.
It is one thing to provide a challenge for existing riders to better their skills. Steeper pitches, bigger drops, longer and higher jumps all promote the advancement of riding skills and keep them coming back for more. But how is someone to start? If we want to get new riders into the sport we need to start at the beginning of the attraction of resort MTB riding: not having to pedal to the top! Making well-marked, smooth, easy trails with small jumps and berms is a great start. Better yet, how about a small skills area at the base of the mountain where you can ride up ( or take the magic carpet) and try some obstacles, say, even while your mom or dad watches, before you get on the lift to the top?
Other Diablo Gripes:
How about some good trail markers? Like when the "easiest" trail merges into the advanced trail (right at the foot of a jump from the latter) it'd be a good idea to have a big CAUTION sign. And about the name of the trails, cool names with small boring signs are not working because even the locals do not know the names of the trails. Legendary trails do not become legends if they are nameless and unknown. And that lift, would it be so hard to put padding where you rest you expensive steed on the downtube-headset junction? And those little black flies, could you get rid of those as well? And those wood devil sculptures are impressive, but they scare me. Waaaaahhh.
Hey the reason that I am complaining about the place is because I want to come back there next year and not find Diablo being renovated into a gigantic water park. Also, OK I admit it, I enjoyed the rough rocky chewed trails, but I am 45 years old, how much longer can I keep "sending it" realistically? Give me some smooth, flowy, mini jump trails and you will see me there when I am 60. And I might bring my hot wife.
Until next year, Keep it Greasy. HBALL
As being somewhat of a newbie to the DH scene, I gotta agree with the words of HB. Some green trail confidence boosters around that park would be sweet. And for chicks like myself who will most likely never be pro but nonetheless still rad, would like to have more fun hucking off the baby bears if you know what I mean!
The backside of Diablo offers XC riding, but I gotta say a trail crew might wanna get back there and check it out once in a while! I dont mind a little adventure, but if Diablo and the Dark Star posse are looking to wisely broaden that target market of paying riders and increase the park's business, some trail maintence would be killer for that terrain and the pockets of those investors..
..aaannnd eventhough XC riders are more of the "backcountry skier" type of crowd, who doesn't have fun riding the chair lift every now and then (besides your 'scared of heights' mom)?
Diablo is super fun, don't get me wrong. Ill be back all summer with my hot and heavy Yakuza Ojiki Ironhorse freeride bike, but being totally stoked on the XC terrain is another story. Diablo is a great place to meet your buddies, rent a condo for the weekend and ride some fun terrain…it just lacks a little variety and spice. So, comeon Jersey, we all know you got the spice, bring it!
Yea, lets keep Diablo greasy and save the water park for after the riding. You'll see me up there smilin and supporting the cause, that's for shizzle.
hey its hula hoop pink shirt kid. I aggree with the begginner stuff at diablo. rumer mill has it a new trail will be on top for beginners. so stay tuned for that. also the xc trails havent been maintained in over 3 years. when they were, it was garentteed to get destroyed by moto bikers. a local trick is keep a bandana in your pocket, when you get on the lift tie it around your headtube, it wont scratch.
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It was disheartening to read Greg's comments on one of the only east coast mountains catering to downhilling. I was particularly disappointed that at the age of 45 this former world champion is seeking attention through negativity and controversy, like a gossiping sorority sister.
Although I don't blame him for seeking some limelight and inserting his company's product placement in his article, I do blame him for not giving back to the sport when had the image and power to do so. I must ask, "Greg, would you be so critical of a mountain in Colorado? Where were your beginner advocacy ideas when you could literally change the shape of mountains?? What selfless acts have you done for the sport without collecting a paycheck?"
I suppose if I had the skill and industry savvy Greg had in the '90′s only to use it for self gain, I too would blame the mountains for the lack of growth in the sport.
Of course it's never to late to be positive and make real change.
I love it that people are trying to tie Diablo to Intrawest. They are two separate companies and besides Diablo renting the mountain from Intrawest they don't have anything to do with one another. Second why would they maintain the XC trails when you get 300 plus dh'ers there in one day during the weekend and maybe 1 or 2 cross country riders there a month. Plus there are about 3 to 4 other places to ride XC for free with in 5 miles or less of Diablo. Do we understand what the word Freeride means in the cycling community, Sure as hell doesn't mean XC. Don't get me wrong Hair ball has some things that he is right on. But to base his judgment off being at Diablo one time is a very poor choice and I don't believe he complete understand the east coast scene at all. So what I would suggest is that he comes back and rides with some of the locals and leaves the west coast attitude out west. Oh and drop the company banner crap at the door.
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I'd like to welcome everyone to the SpeedGrade Forum here at the Adobe Community. If you are an existing IRIDAS SpeedGrade customer, we look forward to your feedback, questions and workflow challenges.
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Welcome to the SpeedGrade discussion group. Please let us know if you have any questions, feedbacks or concerns!
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I'm really excited about all those news from Adobe in the last few weeks. I think you are heading in the right direction
I haven't used any of the Iridas software so far. I just saw a few demos on youtube and watched a friend of mine use framecycler in Nuke. My first imression is that it looks a lot different from all the software I have used so far. It wasn't really intuitive for me. The hardest part will be the accommodation into the rest of the suite.
I think Stu made some really good suggestions on how to integrate SpeedGrade in his blog post. Maybe start with something like the current workflow between PP and Audition and then integrate it more and more into PP and AE. Speaking of AE maybe you could also add scopes and all those nice measurment instruments we need for grading also right into AE in the next release
It would also be nice to have FrameCycler available as a standalone program (as soon as possible) as well as integrated into Bridge. I think Bridge is a good program but at the moment lacks so many functions video professionals need.
Hi Lin, Patrick, Dennis and all others from the team,
I am happy to have back a SpeedGrade forum where we can still elaborate on our favorite grading software and how it will evolve now into and within Adobe product lines.
I have many ideas how this all should integrate from my users and own teams perspective. It will be interesting how close the reality will get. We will surely see interesting discussions. And hopefully the same kind of personal meetings we had in the years before.
Good luck with these projects.
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It's good to know that nobody got lost and we are very excited about upcoming Speedgrade releases.
Hi Axel,
I was rather sure you'd be amongst the first 10 to post on the new forum Great to see you back!
As for meeting face to face: we're still in the same office in Munich, Georgenstraße right across the street from ARRI. Stop by any time you're in the area.
I´m here, too!
And i´m really curious about the future of Speedgrade.
Hope to see you soon,
Thanks Patrick for the nice visit to Calgary this week. I am looking forward to the Beta.
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Welcome to the SpeedGrade discussion group, if you have any concerns or questions do not hesitate to contact us.
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Hey Lin and all the rest,
Glad that I finally found my way into the SpeedGrade forum. I've missed sharing with you guys and I'm happy to see the group is back together.
Really happy too about the good things to come from this new union.
Hope you all are well. Stay in touch!
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After watching the a first demo on no stupid questions (adobe tv) im very curious about speedgrade. When will we be able to test it out? Maybe release a demo/beta version (with watermarks) of the software so that all the people who have never touched speedgrade and it's unique interface can get up to speed when it will be available in the production premium
I have a movie to grade in Jan/Feb 2012... probably too early for SpeedGrade, unfortunately.
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Rapidly approaching the need for a solution such as SpeedGrade. Any word on when this will be available?
Hi Wonderspark,
as a publicly traded company we can't comment in any way on future products and release dates.
If you're interested in getting an insight on our road map I'd be happy to send you a non-disclosure agreement that will allow us to share non-public info with you.
Please contact me directly if you'd like to sign an NDA.
Thanks for your continued interest in SpeedGrade!
Best regards,
Hi Patrick,
so, I signed an NDA a while ago...
and you've got my email address
So I got the good news that it should be within a few weeks that we get something pre... to checkout.
And also that Patrick has a relatively small but good and healthy looking reason to stay a bit more offline lately...
Excited about the future expansion of the Adobe tool set. I love Adobe products and I'm really looking forward to SpeedGrade.
I'm already using Color and DaVinci Resolve, and the biggest challenge with Resolve on the PC is moving from Premiere to Resolve since there is limited codec support. So, something that is better integrated with Premiere Pro would make a welcome addition to my workflow.
I just hope that SG is as comfortable with native camera workflows as Premiere Pro is.
BTW, if Patrick sees this: how can I get in on the NDA road map action?
As a DP, I'm hoping to use Speed grade for my One-Light, Best Light and then finishing Color grading. At the college I teach we have several formats and I hope Soeed GRade will allow working on clips from DSLR to R3D, even Cinema DNG (AS RAW!!)
I recently attended the Supermeet in Las Vegas where Colin Smith was able to give me a one on one basic overview of what Speedgrade was, and what it was going to do in terms of revolutionizing color correction, and specifically my stereo 3D workflow. Dave Helmly warned me that it was going to be a beast to learn, and that Colin would blow me away if I gave him a couple of minutes, boy was he RIGHT about Colin, and it was actually quite easy to pick up and understand just from watching Colin do a couple of examples! I am officially moving all my stereo 3D color correction work to speedgrade as of delivery of the software. I bought CS5.5 30 days before NAB so I've been told I'm covered on the upgrade, so I can't wait to receive the download link!
Patrick please add side by side as a display output feature so that I can feed my stereo monitor video from speedgrade project.
That was really the only thing I could find missing.
Remy Medranda
Hi Bear,
SpeedGrade will indeed allow you to work on clips from DSLR to R3D and CinemaDNG in its native RAW format.
I have a proble with Speedgrade and I don't know where ask my question.
(I'm not really comfortable with this software)
Everytime I try an export, Speedgrade show an error message :
Render 0%
Could not render frame : 137 internal error (0x15)
I tried different exports with different video formats and different settings and I don't know what to do.
Thank you for your help
Hey Euphemie,
please make sure your SG have the latest patch
please give me additional infos about:
System, Input Format, Desired Output Format...
System : Mac OS X 10.7.4 (Lion)
Input Format : H.264
I tryed to export as H.264 too (for test) but my problem was to try many formats to find one which keep the most definition and color space.
I would keep same image before and after color correction in order to send it in After Effects.
I read things about PNG sequence and DPX. I don't know which is better.
What is the better way to send a video through Speedgrade to After ?
(I will re-try after upgrading, thanks for advise)
When buying Iridias, Adobe also got the rights to Framecycler Pro. Any chance that this tool will also be available for us in the near future?


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